The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Part II

Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "Dear Madeleine, With best wishes, Sadeko 27 June 1997."

During the Bosnian War, Madeleine Albright visited the capital Sarajevo as Secretary of State and echoed President John F. Kennedy's famous 1963 speech when she proclaimed: “Jam sam Sarajevka” [“I am a Sarajevan”]. Later, Secretary Albright pushed for a peace agreement and explained her reasoning for her push for American involvement in the Bosnian War: "When the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, my father escaped to Yugoslavia with his wife and baby -- me. I will never forget how we were warmly welcomed as friends in need of help... Like you, Americans want to live in peace with their neighbors and the wider world. Like Serbs, we have no wish to see our children die in battle far from home. And like the Serbs who gave their lives during the Second World War, Americans believe in freedom for all people. That is why we could not sit idly by while security forces were used to commit atrocities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo" ("Remarks to the Serbian People," 26 March 1999).

[With:] CUVALO, Ante. Historical Dictionary of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1997. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY CUVALO TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: "To the Honorable Madeleine Albright Secretary of State Cordially Ante Cuvalo March 4, 1998." [Laid in:] A 4pp. typed document from Cuvalo laid in, titled "To All Those Concerned about the Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina A Memo From the Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the United States March 4, 1998."

Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, all in original cloth (condition generally very good).
 
Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscriptions, bookplates).